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had beeu i^na.wed b>- these hirva'. 

 lu 1902 specimens of siiaihar damage 

 were received from Yorkshire and 

 from a gardeuei' in Nottin,!j,lianishiie. 

 Tlie damage, to foliage is, liowever, 

 of greatest im[)ortanee. Although 

 generally distributed the ^Mottled 

 Umber jMotli is not nearly so harni- 

 iul as the Winter iloth. Neverthe- 

 less great damage is now and then 

 tloue by it to fruit trees, especially 

 those situateil near oak woods, etc. 

 ]\fr. I'aget - Xorbury of ]\Ialvern 

 Links has several times written 

 complaining of this insect, which 

 was particularly abundant on his 

 trees near some oaks and some of 

 whicli liad been badly damaged, 

 especially in 1905 and 1900. It 

 has also been sent me witli notes of 

 its destructive Iiabits fi-om many places in Kent, fronr otlier pai 

 Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Staftbi'dshire, Huntiiigdimshire, ( 

 bridgeshire and South Devon. In the latter county ]\Inj'or A' 

 sent it from Wliimple where it was doing damage to [)eaclies. 



mijtti,]':i> r.Mii]'',i; moth. 



ts of 

 'am- 

 "ors 



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-OVA OP MOTTI.Ell U.1IBEK MOTH. 

 (X 20.) 



Tlie food ]ilants are 

 just as varied as those 

 of the fiirnier species. 

 Amongst orchard fruit 

 may lie mentioned 

 besides apple, plum, 

 cherry, pear, and cob 

 a n d fi 1 Ij e r t nuts. 

 Clieri'y growers in 

 Kent liave often com- 

 plained (if its gnawing 

 away tlie frnitlets, 

 eating nut round holes 

 down to the stone, just 

 as the Winter Moth 

 does. Specimens of 

 this damage were also 

 sent by the I'ruit 



